- Storage clustering simplifies scalability
- Storage clustering allows a customer to consolidate multiple storage nodes into pools of storage
- Network RAID delivers new levels of data availability
- Network RAID stripes and protects multiple copies of data across a cluster of storage nodes, eliminating any single point of failure
- Thin provisioning reduces costs by increasing storage efficiency
- Thin provisioning allocates space only as data is actually written without requiring pre-allocation of storage
- Application integrated snapshots for VMware and Windows simplify data protection
- Snapshots create thinly provisioned, instant point-in-time copies of data on a per-volume basis
- Remote copy reduces costs for disaster recovery
- Remote copy replicates snapshots at primary/remote locations
- Remote copy enables centralized backup and disaster recovery on a per-volume basis and leverages application integrated snapshots for faster recovery
- Stripe and protect multiple copies of data across a cluster of storage nodes, eliminating any single point of failure in the SAN
- Integrated replication for disaster recovery
- Change configurations without incurring downtime
- Administrators can add capacity, increase performance, grow and migrate volumes with no application downtime
- Avoid up-front cost and the potential performance constraints
- Scale performance and capacity simultaneously
- Easy to manage SANs for virtualized environments
- Multiple data centers and sites can be managed from an all inclusive ""single pane-of-glass. ""
- Business continuance with integrated HA and DR
- Ensuring best-in-class operation with built-in best-practice analyzer which automatically recommends SAN best practices and how to implement those
- Reference architectures for client virtualization
You have invested in a P4000 storage array, but still have unconnected file and application servers. You need a single, unified storage pool that you can expand and protect. HP P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateway boosts the value of P4000 SAN environment by adding Windows-powered IP-based gateway services. When you consolidate to a single, unified storage pool that can serve files to your clients and blocks to your servers you get a better return on your SAN investment with less effort and time. Industry-standards offer protection by providing compatibility with your network and applications, and a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) license is included to provide high availability and reduce downtime.